Article: Food; SAY CHEEEESE! - New York Times

LEAD: I grew up thinking cheese was something a little smaller than a breadbox, about the color of finger-painted pumpkins and as perishable as powdered milk. The only time I ever tasted the real thing was when my father was feeling flush enough to invest in a round of Colby longhorn to ration out in thin slices on saltines as a late-night snack. I grew up thinking cheese was something a little smaller than a breadbox, about the color of finger-painted pumpkins and as perishable as powdered milk. The only time I ever tasted the real thing was when my father was feeling flush enough to invest in a round of Colby longhorn to ration out in thin slices on saltines as a late-night snack. ...

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